Registering device.



L. J. TUBBS.

REGISTERING DEvIbE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1914.

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L. J. TUBBS.

REGISTERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1914.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEE JASON TUBBS, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

REGISTERING DEVICE.

Application filed January 6, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEE J. TUBBS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Charleston, in the county of Charleston and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registering Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in automatic registering devices for use in connection with car steps and for registering purposes generally requiring a weighted object to operate the same.

The present invention comprises various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of a car step, the greater portion of which is broken away to illustrate details of the invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional View through the step and the registering mechanism beneath on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail view on line 4-4 of Fig. 3, and Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of parts of the invention.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the top of a step which is preferably ruffled in order to prevent a person slipping as he stands upon the same. Said step is provided with a circumferential flange B which is tapering, as shown clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings. A platform D has hinged to the bottom thereof a boxing F which contains the registering device E, having a semi-circular rib E on the circumference thereof with ends E of the ribs engaging grooves F which is mounted in a vertical plane and having a stem H projecting from the lower end thereof, said register being adapted to be actuated upon an inner thrust of the stem. Piv- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

Serial No. 810,676.

otally mounted upon the rods I upon the upper surface of the platform are the levers K, the short arms of which have upwardly projecting portions L formed at the outer ends of the levers and upon which the step proper is adapted to rest. The inner ends of said levers converge toward the center of the platform and are positioned underneath a disk N which is fastened to the upper end of the L-shaped hook O which is mounted in the brackets Q within the boxing and a spring P is mounted upon said L-shaped bar and serves to normally hold the same with the inner ends of the levers at their lowest limits. The angled end of said bar, it will be noted upon reference to the sectional view of the drawings, is positioned underneath the stem of the register and so arranged that, when the outer ends of the levers are tilted down incident to pressure upon the step, will cause the disk to be elevated with it and also the hooked bar, thus causing the stem to be pushed in and a register made in the register. After the weight is removed from the step, the levers will be returned to their normal position through the medium of said spring.

Projecting from the bottom of the step are the bolts T which pass through the apertures T in the platform and have nuts upon their lower ends, the purpose of said bolts being to prevent the step from being raised from the platform.

It will be noted that, when the step is adjusted in place, the beveled flange about the marginal edge thereof will fit down over the marginal edge of the platform, thus preventing an one tampering with the platform and a so serving as a protection to the lever. Said boxing is provided preferably with a hinged door F and a lock, forming means whereby access may be had to the box only by aid of a key to unlock the door.

By the provision of an automatic registering device embodying the features of my invention, it will be understood that a simple and efiicient device is afforded whereby registers of people boarding or departing from a train may effect a registering to determine the number of persons stepping upon the device.

While I have shown and described my invention as applied especially to a step, it will be understood that the invention may be applicable for various purposes of registering Without in any Way departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim to be new is z- An automatic registering device for door steps, etc, comprising a platform which is apertured, a rod movable through said aperture, a disk fitted to the upper end of the rod, a pin passing through the rod, a spring mounted upon the latter and interposed upon the pin and the under surface of the platform and tending to hold the rod normally at its lowest limit, a step mounted above said platform and chambered on its under surface, levers pivotally mounted upon the 15 tilting of the levers, and a register actuated 20 by said rod, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEE JASON TUBES.

Witnesses N. HAGE, EDWIN T. W'HITING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

